More than half of the flights were delayed this Saturday.
Gol was the airline with the most problems: 55,3% of its planes took off after their scheduled departure time.
More than half of the domestic flights scheduled for today took off with at least a 30-minute delay. According to a bulletin released by the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero), of the 1.667 departures scheduled for today until 17 PM, 838 (50,3%) were delayed. Between 16 PM and 17 PM, however, delays reached 8,9% of scheduled departures. Throughout the day, another 211 flights were canceled, representing 12,7% of the total. Regarding international flights scheduled for today, 36,8% departed after the scheduled time and 11,1% were canceled. Between 16 PM and 17 PM, delays in international flights reached 5,6% of the total.
The airline Gol registered the highest rate of delays up to 17 PM: 55,3%. Next were Azul (52,9%), TAM (51%), Avianca (47,7%), and Webjet (39,3%). The large number of delays is due to adverse weather conditions. Because of the heavy fog that hit the city of São Paulo early this morning, Congonhas Airport in São Paulo only began operating around 8:30 AM. Guarulhos International Airport, in Greater São Paulo, operated with landing restrictions between 6 AM and 9 AM. By 17 PM, 68,8% of flights from Congonhas had departed with delays, while at Guarulhos the rate was 63,5%.
TAM and Gol resumed their flights to Montevideo, Uruguay, this Saturday morning. Gol also resumed flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina, today, while TAM reported that this route was restarted at 18 PM yesterday. According to both companies, flights to cities in the South of the country are also back to normal. This information comes from the TAM and Gol customer service centers. In recent days, flights in the region and neighboring countries were suspended due to ash from the Chilean volcano Puyehue affecting the airspace.